Discovering Relationships Involving Baravelle Spirals

Jeffrey Wanko

This article details a classrooms exploration of Baravelle spirals as visual representations of infinite geometric series, focusing on a variety of strategies used by preservice teachers in discovering patterns and investigating relationships of variables. Student discussion and activities are discussed.

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